Churn



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH J BAILEY, 'OF -GLENOQE, MISSOURI.

CHURN.

SPECIPICATION'forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,949, dated July 15, 1884. Application filed August 29, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom itmety concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH J. BAILEY,of Glencoe, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Ohurns, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to those churns which are provided with a vertical shaft having horizontal heaters or arms, and turning in a sleeve supporting a frame, which is also provided with heaters or arms extending between the heaters or arms of the shaft and turning around the shaft.

My improvement consists in combining, in a churn, a vertical shaft whose heaters or arms are formed of lateral loops of wire set vertically, a frame constructed wholly of wire and looped to form the inwardly-extending lateral ,arms set vertically between the shaft-arms, a

perforated metal sauce'r secured to the frame, and vertical strengthening-wires, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1' is a vertical section of my churn. Fig. 2 is ahorizontal section of same on line 00 m, Fig. 1.

A is the body of the churn, which is of common construction, having a cover, a, and bottom 0..

B is a vertical shaft, stepped at bottom in a suitable bearing-block, 12, secured to the bottom of the churn. The, shaft has hearing at top in a bracket, 0, which is supported by its legs 0, fitting in sockets c, secured to the top of the body A. The shaft carries a number of agitating-arms, 1), formed of wire, bent as shown in Fig. 1, and secured to the. shaft by solder or otherwise.

D is a short sleeve fitting loosely the shaft,

and having secured to its lower end wires (2, which are bent, as shown, to form agitatingarms d, which alternate with the arms I) on the shaft. The lower ends of the wires d are secured to the perforated saucer E, which is located near the bottom of the churn, and has a central hole for the passage of the lower end of the shaft. The arms d are strengthened by strengthening-pieces of wire, d soldered thereto, as shown. As' before stated, the arms (1 and b turnlin the opposite directions. This is accomplished by a bevel-pinion, 01 on the sleeve D, and a similar pinion, b", on the shaft B, both engaging with the same bevel cogwheel F on shaft F, having bearing incrosspiece f, secured to two of the legs 0 of the bracket 0 and one of the legs a, as shown, and having a turning crank -or handle, F

The operating parts, together with the bracket 0, may be removed vertically from the churn-body, and the perforated saucer will remove the butter free of the buttermilk. As the saucer turns with the arms of the sleeve, it also assists, as an agitator, in making the butter.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as new therein and de sire to secure by Letters Patent:

In a rotary churn, the combination of the shaft B, having lateral wire loops b, set vertically, the sleeve D, having a frame formed of lateral wire loops (1, set vertically between the shaft-arms, perforated metal saucer E, secured to the frame, and frame strengthening-wires d d as set forth;

HUGH J. BAILEY.

Witnesses;

PHILIP DAUERNHEIM, PATRICK McLooN. 

